Clothes-drier



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G. FINKBEINER.

CLOTHES DRIER.

519,531,524. Patented 1360.25, 1.894.

WlTN EssEs ATTORNEY iso t UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE EINKBEINEE, 0E SYRACUsE, `NEW YoEK.

CLOTHES-Dalen.

SBECIFICATION'forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,524, dated December 25, 1894.

Application nea september 18,1894. seria 110.523.360- (Nmodel.)

.To @ZZ whom itmty concern,.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE FINKBEINEE, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Driers, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear,

vand exact description.

This invention relates to the class of clothesdriers which are extensible in height to carry the clothes lines or clothes-supporting bars at a greater or less elevation from the ground or floor; andthe invention consists in an improved construction and Vcombination of the component parts of a clothes-drier, which is adjustable as aforesaid `and at the same time possesses increased capacity of supporting clothes to be dried and is capable of being folded compactly to occupy a comparatively small space all as hereinafter more fully described and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the annexed drawings Figure l is a sideelevation of my improved clothes-drier dis-- tended to its fullest capacity. Fig. 2 is an end elevation ofthe same and showing by dotted lines its folded condition. Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal transverse section on line -X-X- in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section on line -Y-Y- in Fig. 3 and Fig. 5 is ahorizontal transverse section on line -Z-Z- in Fig. 2. p

Similar-letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

-P-P- represent two posts which are firmly secured in erect positions and braced by a strut-bar -A-' extending from postto post at or near the.upper ends thereof, and rigidly attached thereto. On each of said postsis a cross-head -Cf fitted to slide vertically thereon and sustained adjustably to 'different elevations preferably by means of racks -R-R- fixed in pendent positions to the cross-heads and sliding in guides -aon the posts P-P. A shaft -B- is journaled at opposite ends in bearings lf-fbon the two posts and has secured to it pinions -cc which engage the racks -R-R-. By means of a crank k-cattached to the shaft, the latter can be turned to cause the racks and pinions to raise or lower the cross-heads -C--C- as may be desired. By insertinga Aarms on the otherv cross-head are extended a series of clothes-lines or bars -f-f--- When clothes-lines are employed as represented in the annexed drawings, I brace the cross-heads to resist the tension of the lines by means of bars -g--gformed with tenons -g-..g'- on their ends, which tenons pass throughthe cross-heads and have the arms -D--D- pivoted to them as more clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Said bars are shouldered on thecross-heads to retain the latter a uniform distance apart. On each bar g adjacent to the cross-heads is hung another pair of arms -I- the free ends of which are held a requisite distance apart by av strut-bar lt To each of said pair of arms is connected a series of clothes lines -i-iand thus the described clothes-drier is provided with four sets of clothes-lines. The two sets which are on the pivoted arms -D-D- can be placed in horizontal or approximately horizontal position While the other two sets are sustained in vertical planes beneath the horizontally disposed sets.

To apply the clothes to the lines, the crossheads -C-C- are to be lowered to render the clothes-lines conveniently accessible and after the clothes are hung on the lines the entire sets of clothes-lines can' be raised a desired distance from the ground by turning the crankl-c-. p

. To remove the clothes from the drier, the

turning the aforesaid crank in theopposite direction, and after the clothes are removed, the arms -D-D- can be swung up and out of the way leaving the drier in a narrow and To both ends of each cross-headI IOO compact shape as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination, with the posts IL-P, of the crossheads-G-C, clothes-line arms -D-D- connected to said cross-heads adjustably from a horizontally distended position to a vertically folded position, and the clothes-linebars -I-I- suspended from said cross-heads as set forth.

2. A clothes-drier comprising two posts, cross-heads sliding vertically on said posts and sustained adjustably to different elevations thereon, two pairs of arms pivoted respectively to opposite ends of the cross-heads to swing upward from horizontal to convergent positions over the posts, shoulders on the pivoted ends of the arms engaging the crossheads and sustaining said arms in their horizontal positions, and clothes-lines or bars extending from the arms of one cross-head to the corresponding arms of the opposite crosshead as set forth.

The combination of two posts, a strutbar between the upper ends of said posts, cross-heads sliding vertically on the posts, vertical racks attached to said cross-beads, a shaft journaled at opposite ends on the two posts, pinions on said shaft engaging the racks, a crank attached to the shaft, two pairs ot arms pivoted respectively to the ends of the two cross-heads to swing from horizontal positions upward to convergent positions over the posts, and two sets of clothes-lines or bars connected at opposite ends to the two pairs of arms as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 6th dayofAugust-,180i.

GEORGE FINKBEINER. [n s l Witnesses:

J. J. LAAss, C. L. BENDIXON. 

